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Rodney P with two of SA hip hop group Skwatta Kamp
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Take a musical journey with Rodney P through the South African sounds of kwaito and hip hop.
Get the lowdown on South Africa’s underground and black youth scene.

Rodney checks how homegrown talent battles against mighty Stateside forces including artists like Ja Rule.

With a fresh, musical attitude which comes direct out of South Africa’s new democracy, prepare to have your assumptions shattered.
Do the social ills in SA keep the hip hop more real? Can homegrown ghetto hip hop compete with the US scene?Are you feeling kwaito and the SA scene?

zimbo
some of this is actually influencing parts of southern africa basically, and all of it is just fake 'fong kong' and abusolutely not genuine. Pliz lets make music, genuine music and bring up true artists where ever one comes from and whatever language or approach they beleive music should be. I am sorry to say in Zimbabwe I have seen BETTER hiphop artist and with great command of the English language, I mean genuine artists....

khathutshelo
i'm south african living london this music is great man and i'm missing it.

mimi
im a zimbabwean lady living in southampton, ive listened to south african music frm way back in the days, till now its rocking, the industry has just exploded with so many artists, im always in tune with the music esp kwaito, cant get enuf! s.a. waroca

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